by Ian Urbina
First published 2019
No place on Earth operates beyond the reach of law like the ocean. Criminals and corporations get away with almost anything there, and they do. Pulitzer Prize winner Ian Urbina spent years traveling the world to document this reality. He reports on unsolved murders, piracy, and modern slavery aboard large ships. He investigates serious environmental crimes including overfishing and pollution. Urbina demonstrates convincingly that such crimes go unpunished. The victims include not only many humans but also the planet itself through illegal fishing, oil dumping, and disposal of war waste like mustard gas and sea mines. This page turner provides the first shocking portrait of criminality on our seas. Urbina's fearless reporting reveals a world where lawlessness reigns and accountability vanishes.
Genres: crime, environment, non-fiction, 21st-century, investigative-journalism, activism
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigative-journalism
Setting: Earth, Ocean
Period: 21st-century
480 pages · Paperback · uitgeverij Atlas Contact
Content warnings: violence